[Invalid Block] Desura.com on blocklist

[azerial]

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As a user, I use nextdns which allows me to enable OISD. I reported a false positive to them and their bot redirected me to here. desura.com is, from their landing page, "Desura® offers a unique platform where everyone can play their favorite free online games. Our collection is so diverse that every player can find a truly beloved game to enjoy alone, with a friend in two-player games, or in a group of pals. All activities on Desura are free and require no installation on your computer allowing you to play online, and importantly, are available on all devices, from desktops and tablets to smartphones." Games such as, Project Zomboid, which you might have heard of, started there.

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Which adblocker(s) did you use when testing this?

DNS adblocking server(s), incl. AdGuard Public DNS and Quad9, (Other)

Adblocker version(s)

nextdns

Which filterlists did you use? Failing to tell this with at least 10 letters or 1 image, will close the report until it has been told.

OISD

Which browser(s) did you use when testing this?

Firefox (incl. LibreFox)

Browser version(s)

Firefox Developer 123.0b7 (64-bit)

Which OS(s) did you use when testing this?

Linux

OS version(s)

Fedora 39

[azerial]

Apparently it was blocked, likely without any regression on the issue, as "extremely violent HTML 5 games". Its not at all. I know as a block list, you are trying to protect users; however, some regression needs to happen on reports. 8 bit zombies are not extreme violence, sorry.

[DandelionSprout]

Come on, man. You know VERY well what I'm talking about.

• Baby Hazel Leg Injury • Pixie Accident AR • Funny Nose Surgery • Mommy Home Recovery • Foot Hospital

Some of their thumbnails are so brutal and violent that they're more violent than all Grand Theft Auto games combined. In fact they're so violent that I'm not even sure if it'd be legal for me to post the thumbnail collage on GitHub, so I've had to post an image link instead: https://images2.imgbox.com/2d/e1/3RYGAbq1_o.png

At least Trevor Philips (GTA V) didn't rip nostrils wide open to the point of bleeding, nor did he cause 4 scars and a glass shard under someone's foot.

[azerial]

Sending email to publisher. They should know.

And for your specific information, I DID NOT know.

[DandelionSprout]

Ah, okay. I thought you were representing Desura in some official capacity of some sort. 😅

[azerial]

Also, the link you provided does not resolve.

[DandelionSprout]

It's supposed to be a raw image, but does this work instead? https://imgbox.com/3RYGAbq1

[azerial]

I worked at Electronic Arts for 13 years. I also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith

[azerial]

I HATE THAT. What the hell. As a user, im going to send an email. Ahh!

[DandelionSprout]

Elsagate as a concept/scandal pretty much revolves around those kinds of "games" and YouTube "videos". 😅 There's a fair few forums dedicated to finding the worst possible examples out there in an attempt to make people more aware of what Elsagate is and why it's hurtful for… pretty much everyone, not just kids.

[azerial]

Heard. Wow thats pretty not great. As for the approach, I encourage you to read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith I know wikpedia, blah blah blah words who cares, but its a good article. Its an internal, if you will to Wikipedia, article which has a lot of good info.

Please close my ticket WNF

[DandelionSprout]

It's kinda already closed, I just don't lock conversations entirely unless it's been going on for weeks. 😅

I have some experience with Wikipedia and wikias alike, and I must honestly say that I've come across a fair few repeated vandals on all of them where Assume Good Faith or even gradual warnings and short bans clearly in my eyes wouldn't be the best idea, even if mods and admins on them thought I was a vigilante of sorts.

Had I known at the time that you were not working for Desura, my approach would've been the complete opposite, since company representants often ask to get the companies they work for whitelisted on their companies' behalf.

[azerial]

I have sent them an email asking them to prove they do not have titles that are bad.

[DandelionSprout]

I'd be pretty surprised if they can prove it, for sure, especially if the game names and/or thumbnails weren't added to the E-mail. 😅

More likely than not they'll just say they're safe for all ages without removing (or even acknowledging) any of the games in question.

I also updated my list slightly now to clarify that it's not the zombie games (or even the "Punch the doll" games) that are at fault for entering my list.

[azerial]

What are punch doll games? I mean im going to google it, but WAT?

Why does this exist?

[DandelionSprout]

"Kick the Buddy" seems to be most quote-unquote famous one in that genre, and Desura does have 1 listing in that genre too ("Torture the Trollface").

[azerial]

Sent a message offline. I'm glad i created this issue. (offline, what is email. is it online? lol )

[DandelionSprout]

I'm just glad this issue got resolved as nicely as it did. I feared it'd get much more angry at one point.

[azerial]

Someone else can have that angst.